Our professional dental staff is here to assist you through all aspects of your ongoing dental care during your visits to our office. Our Administrative Team members facilitate your visit by coordinating your appointments, handling all aspects of your insurance, and making whatever financial arrangements are necessary. We try to answer any questions you may have concerning our office.
Anh, our Front Desk Coordinator, schedules appointments and is in charge of insurance and financial arrangements. She helps to make your experience here at the Dental Office a pleasant one. She graduated from Northeastern University with a major in English. She enjoys books, cooking and spending time with family.
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Betty has been involved in the dental field since 1977. She works at the front desk part time, bringing to our office her expertise, organizational abilities and an outside perspective. Together, we use a team approach to best serve our patients.
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Hygiene Our hygienists help you maintain your overall oral health through periodic hygiene appointments, which include an oral cancer screening exam, periodontal screening exam, yearly x-rays to help diagnose dental decay and periodontal disease, cleaning and polishing of the teeth, and where necessary, the definitive periodontal charting. For those patients who have more serious periodontal conditions, our hygienists do scaling and root planing to eliminate the source of infection from below the gum line and, where necessary, also irrigate periodontal pockets with antimicrobial agents or inject these pockets with a time-released antibiotic which works for over a 20 day period, helping to promote reattachment of the gum tissue to the tooth. They help educate you about brushing, flossing, and using other aids to help keep your entire mouth healthy and will inform you about fluoride and other products which may help prevent decay and maintain healthy gums, and breath products to help prevent bad breath. They are a good source of information about the cosmetic procedures we offer such as bleaching, bonding, veneers, all porcelain crowns and white fillings.
Elaine Jean DeBitetto, R.D.H. Elaine is a graduate of Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists and has been working with Dr. Burton Goldfarb since 1993. She has a strong commitment to individualized preventive patient care. Her hobbies include training and competing in the sport of Triathlon. She is a member of the Boston Triathlon Team and competes nationally and internationally in the sport.
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Christine graduated from Forsyth School for Dental Hygienists with honors in 1999. She has a warm, friendly smile that makes our patients, young and old, feel at ease. She works in our office part time. Her full time job is being a mother to three teenagers.
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Our Dental Assistants Our dental assistants assist the dentist with your dental treatment, and help you feel more relaxed and comfortable during your visit. They inform you about the nature of the treatment you are getting, why you need it and what steps are involved, and explain what will be done at additional visits. They also can inform you about other procedures you may be interested in. They take x-rays to help diagnose problems you may have, and take impressions for study models. They go over instructions for follow up home care and help set up your next appointment to best meet your needs.
Joan has worked for Dr. Goldfarb since 1979 and has been his Dental Assistant since 1982. Besides her dental assisting duties, Joan is in charge of all our clinical supplies and helps out wherever she is needed in the office.
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Elde was born in Cape Verde and graduated from South Boston High School. She graduated from the Dental Assisting Program at The Bryman Institute. She is pleasant and easy to work with and cares a great deal about her patients. She has been Dr. Dan Goldfarb's full time dental assistant. She will be working part time here in our office while she attends hygiene school to become a hygienist.
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Josephine graduated from the Bryman Institute in their Dental Assisting Program and is Dr. Burton Goldfarb's full time chairside assistant. She is calm and caring and helps patients feel comfortable at their visits.
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Nigel graduated from Everest Institute's Dental Assisting program (formerly Bryman), did his externship here in our office and is now Dr. Daniel Goldfarb's full time chairside assistant.
He completed the Radiology Certification course at Tufts School of Dental Medicine.
He complements our dental team and his warm smile and pleasing voice puts patients at ease.